Ordination of an Elder in I.M. Maroneiatranslated

On Saturday, August 1, 2026, the feast of the Advancement of the Holy and Life-giving Cross, His Eminence officiated at the Parish Church of God of Wisdom, where he ordained Deacon Father Dometios Arabatzidis as Elder. According to the standard of the Church, at the hour of the Doxology, the procession of the Holy Cross took place and then the solemn Divine Liturgy and Ordination took place.

In his speech, His Eminence referred to the feast of the progress of the Holy and Life-giving Cross and urged the ordained to minister the Mysteries of the Church with the fear of God, faith and love, leading the faithful people of God to paths of salvation.

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